Lindner Tennis Center at Lunken

The Lindner Tennis Center at Lunken (LTC) offers a great opportunity to meet and compete with players of similar ability. The Online Tennis Ladder allows you to schedule your own matches, record your scores and see your weekly ranking change!

LTC’s ladder runs from Memorial Day through Labor Day followed by a September post season tournament of the top eight players in each of four divisions.

The ladder league is open to all seasonal members.

Joining the ladder is flexible, allowing you to join anytime throughout the program.

LTC’s ladder runs from Memorial Day through Memorial Day followed by a September post season tournament of the top eight players in each of four divisions

There will be 4 coed singles divisions (3.0 and below, 3.5, 4.0, and 4.5 and above).

Participants earn points for challenges and their respective results to move higher on the ladder. Points are awarded to players based on set scores and player ranking positions. Even if you are a non-winner of a match, you still earn points.

Challenges can be made by setting up a match with anyone on your ladder.

Players set up their match times at their convenience and can play as often as they want.

Matches are 2 out of 3 sets (12 point tiebreak, 1st to 7, at 6 all). In lieu of a 3rd set, a match super tiebreaker will be played (1st to 10 points by 2). For match tiebreaker, enter 7–6 as the score online. For a 3rd set tiebreak, enter score at 1–0.

Activity and results are key to this program. Players who continue to play challenges will gain points to maintain or improve their rankings. By not playing matches, your ranking will fall. In the spirit of the ladder, please make an attempt to accept all challenges made to you and return calls/e-mails regarding play.

New computer rankings will be generated each Monday based on matches played during the previous week. Players can get their updated rankings online by Monday afternoon.

Trophies will be awarded to winners and finalists in each division of the post season ladder tournament.

Players cannot record a match online until their name appears on the ladder.

Adult registration is available to all seasonal members.

Players may self assess and choose which ladder is appropriate for them to play.

Players may move from one ladder to another if they feel that they have placed themselves incorrectly, but must start at the bottom of that ladder if they make the switch. Accumulated points do not carry over when moving from one ladder to another.

The winner of the match is responsible for posting the match results by Sunday at 12:00 am (midnight). The loser now has the option to verify that the score is input correctly because after midnight, the score cannot be changed.

Ranking

The players’ position as of the challenge date will be used to calculate points earned for each match and the appropriate allocation of points.

Ranking Points

The challenger receives 2 extra points.

A lower ranked player receives 15 extra points for beating a higher ranked plus points using the following formula: (Difference in games in sets won) x (Difference in ranks)/2.

A tied in rank player receives 15 extra points plus the difference in games won by.

A higher ranked player receives 10 extra points for beating a lower ranked player plus points for the difference in games in sets won.

The loser of any match receives points equaling the number of games won in all sets, but never more than 10 points.

The winner of a match that is played against a player more than 10 positions away will receive the points as if the players are only 10 places apart.

The point system has been designed to encourage activity by awarding points to both the winner and the non-winner. The number of points received by either player for a match is rounded up to the nearest whole number.

As an example, suppose Ted, ranked 9, challenges and defeats Bill, ranked 5, with a score of 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 during week 7 of the ladder. Ted would receive 2 points for challenging, 15 points for the upset, and (5 x 4) / 2 = 10 bonus points for games won, for a total of 27 points. Bill would receive 1 point for each game won up to the maximum of 10 points for his loss.

Matches

Both players are to bring NEW balls for the match. The winner takes home the new unopened can of balls.

There are no court fees for ladder matches since each participant is a seasonal member.

The Challenger should call LTC to reserve a court (513–321–1772).

If a player is forfeiting a match in the middle of a set, the score is recorded as if the set was completed (e.g. Player stops when the score is 3–1, then the score should be recorded as 6–1).

If a player cancels for any reason (including sickness and emergencies) within 24 hours, their opponent may record a 6–0, 6–0 win if they choose.